KOCHI: The difficulty of bogus voters and a number of entries, numbering as excessive as 4.34 lakh, raised by Opposition Chief Ramesh Chennithala, has develop into the focus of this elections as campaigning entered its ultimate part.Corroborating the allegations raised by Chennithala, the identify of the late CPM chief P Okay Kunhananthan was discovered to be figuring within the voter record within the Koothuparamba constituency, pushing the LDF on the defensive.
After the data got here out, following a grievance filed by a Congress activist within the constituency, the Election Fee of India (ECI) mentioned in an announcement that Kunjananthan’s identify was faraway from the electoral rolls.
CPM politburo member M A Child, in the meantime, alleged the Opposition chief leaked the non-public particulars of 4.34 lakh voters, whose names had been duplicated on the electoral rolls, by means of the Singapore-based www.operationtwins.com portal.
“The IP tackle exhibits the portal relies in Singapore and the opposition chief handed over the non-public data to the foreign-based portal with out the consent of individuals. This raises moral and authorized points,” Child mentioned in Thiruvananthapuram.
Chennithala, in a Fb publish, mentioned the CPM’s response exhibits its panic and nervousness after getting caught red-handed in its act of systematic creation of bogus voters and a number of entries which the get together used to win elections prior to now.“After they received caught, they’re attempting to divert consideration by elevating points resembling knowledge leak,” he wrote.
UDF gaining edge over LDF: Survey
“There isn’t any knowledge leak within the data we shared referring to bogus voters record and a number of entries. It’s actually stunning that CPM’s ‘intellectuals’ have no idea the distinction between delicate personal knowledge and different knowledge,” Chennithala mentioned.D Dhanuraj, chairman of Kochi-based think-tank Centre for Public Coverage Analysis (CPPR), mentioned the election narrative has tilted in favour of the UDF by means of the problem of bogus voters and a number of voter entries.
“The UDF is clearly gaining the narrative edge over the LDF. Additionally, because the LDF marketing campaign depends solely on the shoulders of Pinarayi Vijayan, the cadre are confused what his stand is on the problem,” he mentioned.
A discipline survey carried out by CPPR in current days confirmed that the UDF has closed the hole with the LDF. “There may be additionally a sense that Chennithala has put out one thing credible by means of the bogus voter record difficulty. That’s the sense we’re getting from voters,” he added.
